The use of three capture methods (Surber sampling, electric fishing and night-hand capture) allowed the analysis of differential habitat usage by the white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes (Lereboullet, 1858) in three brooks of Corrèze - France.

Among these methods, the best one for studying juveniles habitat was Surber sampling, which allowed the capture of 536 individuals. This study showed that, during daytime, most of the adults occurred in banks with crevices or roots, areas of pebbles or boulders, those with a high macrophytic covering and also in logs, while they were preferentially found in areas of gravels, pebbles and boulders during their nocturnal movements. The young of the year were caught especially among pebbles, boulders, macrophytes and river banks with rootlets. In some cases, the reduction or disappearance of one habitat which is particularly favourable to the young of the year might be compensated by a more active colonization of some habitats which normally shelter only a few crayfish.

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